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Dear Gen-Xers
This is the moment we have been waiting for. Isn’t it?
The spotlight is finally on our generation.
For the past 4–5 decades, that is, our whole life, we have been trained to get ready for this most important moment in our lives.
The moment when the nation..why just the nation..the entire global community is calling upon us to rise to this grave occasion. The global community is asking us to sit on our couches in the comforts of our homes and do NOTHING.
Yes, that’s right. Do Nothing.
Don’t you feel it, fellow Gen-Xers?
As a Gen-Xer, I finally feel how critical WE ARE to saving the human species from extinction because we are the only ones who understand the importance of doing NOTHING.
If you are a Gen-Xer in search of your life’s purpose, here is some good news. Your search ends here.
We are the latchkey kids for a reason. Our generation knows how to handle ourselves and the things around us when we are left unattended, without causing world wars or without poisoning the global community through Tide pods. Give us a few books, a cassette player with a couple of mixtapes, a TV which can play only one or two channels, and dry food of any kind (even if it’s dog or cat food), we can…